From: ipitythefo AT aol DOT com (IPityTheFo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: video buffer problem
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Date: 04 Jun 1998 02:03:51 GMT
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This is the code I use to create a pointer to the video buffer:
   char far *video_buffer = (char far)0xA0000000L;
The compiler tells me that you can't convert a pointer to a char far.
Can someone help me out with that?

Also I use this to fill the screen with a certain color:
   #define SCREEN_WIDTH unsigned int
   #define SCREEN_HEIGHT
   void fill_screen(int value) {
      _fmemset(video_buffer,(char)value,SCREEN_WIDTH*SCREEN_HEIGHT+1);
   }
The compiler tells me that the _fmemset line is so badly of a formed statement
that it is impossible to compile.  Can someone help me out with that?

It may help to know that I'm using a DOS Pacific C compiler.
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